A professor of digital society and an ethics researcher discuss COVID passes and what they mean for the UK.
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The ethics of AI are constantly debated. But does anyone ask the AI?
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Life doesn’t just need water and oxygen to thrive, it also needs iron.
Austria and Greece have introduced vaccine mandates, and Germany is considering it.
Pastors have a limited role in asylum processes of Christian converts.
How we should manage uncertainty is not a scientific issue but an ethical issue.
Surveying by the Office for National Statistics shows Brits are increasingly pessimistic about things returning to how they were before.
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What childhood vaccine mandates tell us about their effectiveness at improving uptake.
Barcodes containing verifiable information could make our lives easier and provide safe access to buildings or online services. But a global effort will be necessary to make them completely secure.
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Authors
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Research Fellow in Population Health, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Climate Science, University of Oxford
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DPhil Candidate, Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Oxford
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Economist in AI and Work, University of Oxford
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
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Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism, Humboldt University Berlin, and Director, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS); University of Oxford
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Cognitive Archaeology and Archaeoacoustics, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford
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Supernumerary Fellow, Archaeology, University of Oxford
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DPhil Candidate, Department of Atmospheric Physics, University of Oxford
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Oxford
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DPhil Student in Anthropology, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Natural History, University of Oxford
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Associate professor, University of Oxford